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打一巴掌，给个甜枣

dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎo

9-character word Traditional 打一巴掌，給個甜棗

What 打一巴掌，给个甜枣 means

1. lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)
2. fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation

The characters in 打一巴掌，给个甜枣

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw
• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
• 甜tiánsweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 枣zǎo(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)